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Utah's Online Library

  • Gale--Ref Center 9-12--Biography in Context
  • Gale--Ref Center 9-12--Science in Context
  • EBSCO--Biography Reference Center (scroll to bottom of page)

World Book Encyclopedia


Strategic Google Searching

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    • "Marie Curie"
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    • "Democritus" biography
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    • "Hans Geiger" biography site:.edu
    • "Dmitri Mendeleev" life site:gov

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    Democritus

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Atomic Theory Scientists**
Democritus
Isaac Newton
John Dalton
Joseph Loschmidt (Josef)
Dmitri Mendeleev
Sir William Crookes
George Johnstone (G. J.) Stoney
Wilhelm Roentgen (Röntgen)
Henri Becquerel
Joseph John (J. J.) Thomson
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Hans Geiger

Marie Curie
Hantaro Nagaoka
Albert Einstein
Hans Geiger
Ernest Rutherford
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys (H. G. J.) Moseley
Niels Bohr
James Chadwick
Enrico Fermi



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